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Lenovo Group plans to introduce more Android-based notebook/tablet convertible computers during the first six months of 2013, similar to its IdeaPad Yoga model brought out last year, DigiTimes reports, citing industry sources. The new models would have ARM-based or Intel processors, those sources said.

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Infineon is gearing up to sample ARM-based microcontrollers with on-chip Ethernet for control automation technology, with volume production on pace to happen in the first quarter of 2016. "With the XMC4800, very compact system designs with EtherCAT connectivity are possible, as there is no need for a dedicated EtherCAT ASIC, external memory and clock crystal," Infineon's Maurizio Skerlj said.

The VolksPC Debian Linux distribution is said to support Android and Linux applications running in native mode on ARM-based processors. The developers plan to offer a small PC with a dual-core Rockchip RK3066 processor.

Premier Farnell is now distributing development tools, evaluation boards and software in Europe to support system designs with ARM-based processors. The offering also takes in Africa and the Middle East. Chips in the range are from Atmel, Texas Instruments, NXP Semiconductors, Freescale Semiconductor and STMicroelectronics, among others.

Applied Micro Circuits plans to combine its X-Gene 64-bit processor for ARM-based servers with Altera's field-programmable gate arrays, the companies announced Monday. Applied Micro also said it was selling its TPACK subsidiary, a developer of optical transport network products, to Altera.